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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1963
Page
2
Charles McDowell Jr describes a Chicago auto-typist letter praising its own efficiency and urging readers to doubt memory. He muses on thinking machines guiding rockets and robot typewriters in Congress, hinting at a tech-infused paranoia about modern automation.
A fragmented puzzle page lists clues across categories with numbered hints. The items include acronyms and symbols, geographic terms, and varied wordplay covering animals, instruments, body parts, and common phrases.
Tickets go on sale for the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce Fall Roundup on October 18 at the Safari Hotel. Priced at $5, the evening includes dinner, dancing and entertainment with cocktails starting at 6 30 p.m. Tickets available from members or the Chamber office.
The Salt River Project board in Phoenix approved higher water assessments to fund in lieu taxes. Victory Corbell announced an $4.00 per acre annual assessment up from $2.50 and a lot owner service rate rising to $10 from $5 per year. Shareholders receive three acre feet per acre. Pump water remains at $7.50 per acre-foot and gravity water at $3. The 1964 budget is set at $8,445,662 up from $7,445,904. Corbell projects groundwater decline and reserves of about 565 000 acre-feet by year end.
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors sold 372 906 of Paradise Valley School District bonds to First of Arizona Co for 3 19 percent. The issue supports 1 6 million in district construction funding for a new elementary school at 24th Street and Larkspur with 28 to 32 classrooms. Bids for the school construction will open in December. Emergency vehicle permits were approved for Gene L Williams and Wayne S Worner. Williams serves as captain of the Scottsdale Mounted Sheriff's Posse.
Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella announced plans to crush the Berber rebellion in the Kabylie mountains. He said vigilance committees could mobilize 100,000 Algerians if needed and warned dialogue with rebel leaders Hocine Aït Ahmed and Colonel Mohandou El Hadj would be the machine gun’s dialogue.
U S halts nearly twelve million dollars in commercial aid payments to South Viet Nam following the Buddhist crackdown and weighing further cuts. Washington aims to pressure Diem toward political reform. cuts could strain South Viet Nam’s economy and imports.Mme Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the United States for a twenty day tour amid U S policy moves on the Buddhist dispute.
The resignation of Senate Democratic Secretary Robert G. Baker reduces political heat as Senator John J. Williams probes Baker’s vending firm ties and the FBI widens its inquiry. Mansfield mourns the loss of a trusted aide who kept Democratic votes organized and advised on strategy.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr begins actions to back desegregation demands in Birmingham. A trial for three white men linked to racial bombings proceeds on dynamite charges as King plans a nonviolent workshop and mass rally. Convictions could carry $100 fines and 180 days in jail.
The Phoenix planning and zoning commission will consider rezoning a triangular lot at 4720 E Indian School Rd from Scottsdale R-5 to Phoenix R-4. The parcel, formerly in Scottsdale, was swapped into Phoenix last summer to resolve a two year annexation dispute.
The records list births to families including Alexander Toth at 8536 FS Pinchot a boy born Oct 7. William Neil Jr. at 1740 W 76th St a boy born Oct 8. Michael Conner at 8608 E Palo Verde a boy born Oct 3. John McCrary at 326 N 78rd St a girl born Oct 3. Robert Hale at 8749 E Star Light Way a boy born Oct 4.
Temple Emanu El of Scottsdale will conduct special Shemini Atzereth services Thursday at 1 with Acting Rabbi Elliot Tompkin. A memorial tablet donated by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Elson will be dedicated. Maureen Wolfe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myer Wolfe, will be Bas Mitzvah Friday night Oct 12. Temple Emanu El is at 63rd Pl and Indian School Rd.
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